The original Broadway production of Matilda the Musical, also directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographed by Peter Darling, made its debut on April 11, 2013 at the Shubert Theatre, where it racked up 1,554 performances before closing on Jan. 1, 2017. Nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical and 11 other Tonys, the show won four Tony Awards — for Best Book of a Musical (Dennis Kelly), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rob Howell), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Hugh Vanstone), and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Gabriel Ebert as Mr. Wormwood), plus a 2013 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre and the 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical.

Praise was unanimous. The New York Post raved, “Once in a blue moon, a show comes out blazing and restores your faith in Broadway. Matilda the Musical is that show.” The Wall Street Journal agreed, “The makers of Matilda have done the impossible — triumphantly! It is smart, sweet, zany and stupendous fun.”

Time magazine called Matilda the Musical “the best musical since The Lion King“; and the Chicago Tribune characterized the show as “the best family musical in years.”

“Welcome to the deliriously amusing, malevolent, heartwarming, head-spinning world of Matilda the Musical,” wrote Bloomberg News. “You won’t want to leave.”

Broadway Series South and the North Carolina Theatre presentMATILDA THE MUSICALat 7:30 p.m. May 23-26 and 2 and 7:30 p.m. May 27 and 28 in in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., Raleigh, North Carolina 27601.